Article 3MC42 How to check whether Facebook shared your data with Cambridge Analytica

How to check whether Facebook shared your data with Cambridge Analytica

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#3MC42)

People who fear their information may have been used by Cambridge Analytica can go to a new help page

Facebook has started the process of notifying the approximately 87 million users whose data was harvested by the election consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

The social network eventually hopes to inform every user who was affected with a warning at the top of their Facebook news feed. For now, however, individuals can check by going to a new help page on the site or searching for "How can I tell if my info was shared with Cambridge Analytica?" in Facebook's help centre.

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